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Franz Narberhaus
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Well-deserved award: Gerhart in action 😉
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📣 VAAM Young Scientist Network – Upcoming Meeting!
Join us 📆Dec 8 ⏲️ 1 pm
for our next session:
“Industrial Careers: Perspectives and Pathways.”

Discover insights into career options beyond academia & hear experiences from young industry professionals
👉 Register here: t1p.de/hmbhw

#YoungScientists
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Pls share:
A postdoctoral research position is available in the group of Prof. Dr. Kirsten Jung at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany focusing on SRBs (www.bio.lmu.de/en/research/...)
Molecular Microbiology Group
Information about research topics and publications about the group around Kirsten Jung
www.bio.lmu.de
October 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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De-DUFing the DUFs 🧩 @franznarberhaus.bsky.social lab uncovers how small DUF1127 proteins regulate #phosphate uptake by binding the sensor kinase PhoR. Their conserved role from Agrobacterium to E. coli highlights how even small DUFs can shape bacterial physiology 🦠
buff.ly/jJd9Eho
October 21, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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⏳ Only 3 weeks left to submit your abstract for #VAAM2026 Annual Conference🎤👩‍👩‍👦‍👦 in Berlin !

⏱️Abstract deadline: 7th November
🎓 Student members: Apply for travel grants until 7th November!
📌 t1p.de/7fgc4

Do not miss your chance and apply today!🏃🏃‍♀️

#VAAM2026 #microbiology #AnnualConference
October 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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🚀Grow your microbiology career – join VAAMentoring🌟

We connect early-career researchers 👨‍🔬with experienced microbiologists in 1:1 tandems👬
To get personalized guidance and build your network
apply until 📆31.10.!
Learn more: t1p.de/8yrt

#CareerinMicrobiology #VAAMentoring #Microbiology
October 17, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Yesterday, our #ResearchCareers team gave an online presentation on DFG funding in the Walter Benjamin Programme. If you missed it, don't worry. We have a film about funded researchers and general information on this programme available: www.dfg.de/walter_benja...
youtu.be/wLe8xCMSpLA?...
Faces: The Walter Benjamin Programme of the DFG
YouTube video by DFG bewegt
youtu.be
October 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Please RT:
We have an opening for a junior group leader position in „Phage Biology & Biotechnology“.
www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/...

Interested candidates are encouraged to contact me via email for further details.

@spp2330.bsky.social; @mibinet.bsky.social
Junior Group Leader - Phage Biology & Biotechnology
As a leading research institution for microbial biotechnology the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences - Biotechnology (IBG-1, https://www.fz-juelich.de/de/ibg/ibg-1 ) at the Forschungszentrum Jülich foc...
www.fz-juelich.de
October 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Early-career researchers: want to run your own lab? 🌟Max Planck Research Groups offer 6+ years, up to €2.7M in funding, open-topic freedom, team support & tenure-track opportunities. Intrigued? 😃Apply by Oct 14, 2025! www.mpg.de/max-planck-r...
September 15, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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The summer break is over - we´re back!
🚀21st VAAM Industry-Academia Panel
📆Sept 18, 4 pm CEST, online
Topic "In Vitro Microbiome Models"
🎤Michael Schloter, TU Munich & Pabitra Nandy, Acaryon Berlin

👉Don’t miss it – register now: t1p.de/6zzes

#VAAM #microbiology #microbiome #industry #academia
September 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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There is still some time left to apply for these two Group Leader positions in Plant Biology and Microbe-Plant Interactions. Spread the word, apply & become our colleague @johninnescentre.bsky.social
We’re pleased to announce two new vacancies for senior roles at our institute:

Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

🗓️ Closes 25 August

Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in...

🗓️ Closes 5 September
August 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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A little gem here from Martin Schwartz, PhD the Robert W. Berliner Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and of Cell Biology at Yale University

Felt good to read and share and I predict you just might have the same experience
Why would anyone want to be a scientist?
It is difficult to fathom why anyone intelligent enough to be a scientist would actually choose to be one. Doing good science requires the utmost exertion of body, mind and spirit, yet is consistently...
journals.biologists.com
August 16, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Director at Max Planck - a unique position! The Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships is open now and can be submitted by the 31st of October 2025. ➡️ mpg.de/directors - Please share the Open Call among potential candidates.
August 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Unser Botanischer Garten ist Heimat vieler außergewöhnlicher Pflanzen: von prachtvollen Dahlien (das Bild zeigt sie in den 1980ern) bis zur Leberwurstblume und dem Trompetenbaum. Ab sofort könnt ihr Patenschaften für 60 verschiedene Pflanzen übernehmen. 👉️ https://www.bogafreundeskreis.de/patenshop
July 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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🚀 Join us for our 20. (!) 🌟
VAAM Industry-Academia Panel on
"Synthetic Microbiology Driven Drug Discovery"
We're excited to welcome:
🎤 Steven Schmitt - Myria Biosciences AG, Basel
🎤 Helge Bode - @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social, Marburg
📅 Thu July 17th, 4 PM CEST
📝 Register here: t1p.de/rqk1z
July 15, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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#Prospects PhDs & postdocs of all disciplines note: Would you like to lead an independent junior research group? In our online talk you will get first-hand information about the aims and requirements of the DFG Emmy Noether Programme and more. Link to the meeting will be published here: fcld.ly/enp
July 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Millionenförderung für unsere Exzellenzcluster! 🎉 Wir gratulieren den Forschenden der Cluster CASA und @solvationsci.bsky.social zu ihrem verdienten Erfolg.
May 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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The #ClustersOfExcellence have been selected: today, the Excellence Commission approved 70 projects for funding. 45 clusters will continue and 25 will be newly established. Funding starts on 1 Jan 2026 for 7 years, with €539 million per year. The full list: www.dfg.de/resource/blo... 1/3
May 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Aktuell kommt es zu Netzausfällen an der RUB. Sobald uns weitere Informationen vorliegen, werden wir dazu im Newsportal informieren. 👇
Netzausfall an der Ruhr-Universität
Das Problem ist bekannt, an einer Lösung wird gearbeitet.
news.rub.de
May 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Job alert 🦠🧪: We are looking for a postdoc (and PhD candidate!) to join our team at UCLouvain/de Duve institute in Brussels, Belgium. You will work on our ERC Starting Grant project aimed at characterizing cell cycle regulation in S. pneumoniae. More information here: dewachterlab.com/join-us/.
May 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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*** Only a few days left to apply ***

Postdoc position at the University of Marburg (Germany), funded within our ERC Advanced Grant "C-SWITCH"

Spatiotemporal regulation of cellular processes by CTP-switches in bacteria

Apply by 04 May: stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/2...
May 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Why is the DFG asking me to provide a review? Our Head Office invites suitably qualified and renowned national and international experts to review proposals submitted on specific research topics. We have compiled key reasons and practical information:
www.dfg.de/en/research-...
The review process for the individual grants programmes – how it works
www.dfg.de
April 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Excited to share this major paper spearheaded by Janka J. Schmidt; a great team effort by four groups of our Research Training Group MiCon funded by the DFG:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40193708/
Two redox-responsive LysR-type transcription factors control the oxidative stress response of Agrobacterium tumefaciens - PubMed
Pathogenic bacteria often encounter fluctuating reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels, particularly during host infection, necessitating robust redox-sensing mechanisms for survival. The LysR-type tran...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
April 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Registration is open, look forward to seeing you!
microbialrnameeting.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM